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• Zotero zotero.org

  A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

• Mendeley mendeley.com

  Reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research.

• Overleaf overleaf.com

  An online LaTeX editor that's easy to use. No installation, real-time collaboration.

• ORCID orcid.org

  A persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher.

• Google Scholar scholar.google.com

  Freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature.

• PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

  Free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.

• Scopus scopus.com

  Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004.

• Web of Science clarivate.com

  Platform consisting of several literature search databases designed to support scientific and scholarly research.

• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) eric.ed.gov

  Comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information.

• ResearchGate researchgate.net

  A European commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.

• Academia.edu academia.edu

  A platform for academics to share research papers.

• JSTOR jstor.org

  A digital library containing digitized back issues of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

• Computational Complexity Blog blog.computationalcomplexity.org

  Influential academic blog written by Lance Fortnow and Bill Gasarch exploring complexity theory, algorithms, and theory life.

• Windows on Theory windowsontheory.org

  Collaborative research blog by theoretical computer scientists discussing algorithms, complexity, cryptography, and open problems.

• Theoretical Computer Science Stack Exchange cstheory.stackexchange.com

  Question and answer community for researchers, academics, and graduate students in theoretical computer science.

• In Theory lucatrevisan.wordpress.com

  Theoretical computer science blog maintained by the late Luca Trevisan, covering complexity theory, randomness, and spectral graph theory.

• Complexity Zoo complexityzoo.net

  Comprehensive wiki cataloging computational complexity classes and their structural relationships.

• dblp Computer Science Bibliography dblp.org

  Extensive open bibliographic database indexing major conferences and journals across computer science and theoretical computing.

• Cryptology ePrint Archive eprint.iacr.org

  Scientific repository for rapid dissemination of preprints and technical reports in cryptology and theoretical cryptographic foundations.

• Quantum Algorithm Zoo quantumalgorithmzoo.org

  Comprehensive catalog of quantum algorithms with speedup factors over classical counterparts and bibliographic citations.

• ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) sigact.org

  Flagship annual international symposium sponsored by ACM SIGACT covering all foundational areas of theoretical computer science.

• Computational Complexity Conference (CCC) computationalcomplexity.org

  Annual academic conference organized by the Computational Complexity Foundation dedicated to computational complexity.

• International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP) eatcs.org

  Main annual conference of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science, covering algorithms, complexity, and logic.

• Design and Analysis of Algorithms (MIT OpenCourseWare) ocw.mit.edu

  Advanced undergraduate course covering design and analysis paradigms, randomized algorithms, amortized analysis, and graph algorithms.

• Algorithms by Jeff Erickson jeffe.cs.illinois.edu

  Free, open-access textbook covering recursion, dynamic programming, randomized algorithms, graph algorithms, and NP-hardness.

• Computational Complexity: A Modern Approach theory.cs.princeton.edu

  Comprehensive graduate-level textbook on computational complexity theory by Sanjeev Arora and Boaz Barak.

• Algorithms, Part I coursera.org

  Fundamental course on essential algorithms and data structures taught by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.

• Theory of Computing theoryofcomputing.org

  Diamond open-access scientific journal publishing high-quality research papers across theoretical computer science.

• ACM Transactions on Computation Theory dl.acm.org

  Peer-reviewed journal publishing research on computational complexity, algorithmic foundations, cryptography, and randomness.

• Algorithmica link.springer.com

  International journal devoted to the design and analysis of algorithms in computing and discrete applied mathematics.

• Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity eccc.weizmann.ac.il

  Archival forum and screened scientific preprint archive dedicated to computational complexity theory.

• Z3 Theorem Prover z3prover.github.io

  High-performance satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) solver developed by Microsoft Research for software verification and analysis.

• Coq Proof Assistant coq.inria.fr

  Formal proof management system that provides a formal language to write mathematical definitions, algorithms, and theorems together with an environment for semi-interactive development of machine-checked proofs.

• Lean Prover lean-lang.org

  Interactive theorem prover and pure functional programming language based on the calculus of constructions.

• JFLAP jflap.org

  Educational software for experimenting with formal languages and automata theory, including finite state machines, pushdown automata, and Turing machines.

• SPIN Model Checker spinroot.com

  Popular open-source software verification tool for the formal verification of multi-threaded software and distributed algorithms.

• MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com

  Independent media publication from MIT providing journalism and analysis on emerging engineering technologies and commercial innovations.

• Hackaday hackaday.com

  Collaborative engineering community blog featuring hardware hacking, circuit design, reverse engineering, and embedded firmware projects.

• Engineering.com engineering.com

  Online engineering publication sharing trade news, design calculators, industry analyses, and webinar discussions.

• IEEE Xplore Digital Library ieeexplore.ieee.org

  Premier scientific database delivering research papers, standards, and conference proceedings in electrical engineering and electronics.

• Engineering Village engineeringvillage.com

  Specialized engineering search platform providing access to Compendex, Inspec, and patent databases.

• arXiv: Electrical Engineering and Systems Science arxiv.org

  Open-access research preprint repository hosting preprints in signal processing, image processing, and systems control.

• NASA Technical Reports Server nasa.gov

  Digital collection of aerospace, materials, propulsion, and structural engineering technical reports and historical datasets.

• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) ieee-ras.org

  Flagship international academic conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society showcasing robotics breakthroughs.

• IEEE ICASSP ieeeicassp.org

  Premier global annual conference on signal processing and applied acoustic and speech engineering organized by the IEEE.

• ASME IMECE asme.org

  ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, featuring advanced research across mechanical disciplines.

• ASCE Convention asce.org

  Flagship annual convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers connecting professionals and researchers.

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Engineering ocw.mit.edu

  Free and open course materials from MIT across electrical, mechanical, civil, chemical, and aeronautical engineering.

• edX: Engineering edx.org

  Comprehensive online courses and professional certificates in engineering disciplines taught by leading universities.

• Coursera: Engineering coursera.org

  Extensive catalog of university courses covering electrical systems, mechanics, robotics, and engineering design.

• Open Textbook Library: Engineering open.umn.edu

  Peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks across core engineering disciplines curated by the Open Education Network.

• Proceedings of the IEEE proceedingsoftheieee.ieee.org

  Prestigious monthly peer-reviewed journal publishing in-depth survey, review, and tutorial papers on technical engineering developments.

• IEEE Spectrum spectrum.ieee.org

  Flagship engineering publication reporting on emerging trends, breakthroughs, and analysis across technology and engineering.

• ASME Digital Collection asme.org

  Authoritative repository of mechanical engineering research journals, conference proceedings, and ASME codes and standards.

• ASCE Library asce.org

  Comprehensive scholarly platform publishing civil engineering peer-reviewed research journals, manuals of practice, and proceedings.

• FreeCAD freecad.org

  Open-source parametric 3D modeler designed primarily for mechanical engineering, product design, and architectural modeling.

• GNU Radio gnuradio.org

  Open-source software development toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement software radios and telecommunication systems.

• KiCad EDA kicad.org

  Cross-platform electronic design automation suite for schematic capture and printed circuit board (PCB) layout design.

• OpenFOAM openfoam.org

  Leading free, open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package used across academic and industrial engineering.

• MathOverflow mathoverflow.net

  Collaborative question-and-answer platform for professional mathematicians, researchers, and graduate students.

• What's new by Terence Tao terrytao.wordpress.com

  Expository mathematical blog by Fields Medalist Terence Tao covering research updates, lecture notes, and open problems.

• Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

  Influential statistics blog by Andrew Gelman and colleagues discussing Bayesian methods, data science, and replication.

• On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) oeis.org

  Extensive curated database of integer sequences recording formulas, generating functions, and citations.

• L-functions and Modular Forms Database (LMFDB) lmfdb.org

  Comprehensive database of mathematical objects related to L-functions, modular forms, elliptic curves, and number fields.

• CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) cran.r-project.org

  Central repository of open-source packages, binaries, and documentation for the R statistical programming environment.

• Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) mersenne.org

  Collaborative project and research database dedicated to searching for and cataloging world-record Mersenne prime numbers.

• International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) mathunion.org

  Premier global conference in mathematics held every four years by the International Mathematical Union where Fields Medals are awarded.

• Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) jointmathematicsmeetings.org

  Largest annual mathematics gathering in the world organized by the American Mathematical Society.

• Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) amstat.org

  Largest annual gathering of statisticians and data scientists in North America organized by the American Statistical Association.

• Khan Academy: Mathematics khanacademy.org

  Nonprofit learning platform providing structured interactive exercises and instructional videos across algebra, calculus, and statistics.

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Mathematics ocw.mit.edu

  Free and open digital publication of high-quality educational materials from MIT undergraduate and graduate math and statistics courses.

• OpenStax Mathematics openstax.org

  Peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks in calculus, statistics, algebra, and precalculus from Rice University.

• Open Textbook Library: Mathematics open.umn.edu

  Comprehensive repository of open, peer-reviewed textbooks in mathematics and statistics curated by the Open Education Network.

• Annals of Mathematics annals.math.princeton.edu

  Bimonthly mathematics journal published by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study covering major research advances.

• Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society ams.org

  Peer-reviewed journal publishing expository research survey articles and book reviews on contemporary mathematics.

• Electronic Journal of Combinatorics combinatorics.org

  Fully open-access, peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to discrete mathematics and combinatorics.

• American Mathematical Monthly maa.org

  Widely read mathematical journal published for members of the Mathematical Association of America featuring expository papers.

• R Project for Statistical Computing r-project.org

  Free software environment and programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphical representation.

• SageMath sagemath.org

  Open-source mathematics software system integrating existing open-source packages like NumPy, SciPy, Maxima, and SymPy.

• Julia Programming Language julialang.org

  High-level, high-performance dynamic programming language designed specifically for numerical analysis and computational science.

• GeoGebra geogebra.org

  Interactive mathematics software suite for learning and teaching geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, and calculus.

• Daily Nous dailynous.com

  Prominent daily news and discussion website for the academic philosophy profession.

• Arts & Letters Daily aldaily.com

  Curated intellectual portal and web digest featuring essays, book reviews, and philosophical debate from across the humanities.

• JSTOR Daily daily.jstor.org

  Online publication contextualizing contemporary events and cultural questions with academic scholarship from the JSTOR digital archive.

• National Endowment for the Humanities neh.gov

  Independent federal agency website featuring articles, grant projects, and digital initiatives preserving and advancing humanities knowledge.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu

  Peer-reviewed, open-access digital encyclopedia of philosophy maintained by Stanford University.

• PhilPapers philpapers.org

  Comprehensive bibliographic database and research archive covering academic philosophy and philosophy journals worldwide.

• Internet History Sourcebooks Project sourcebooks.web.fordham.edu

  Curated collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts and primary source documents hosted by Fordham University.

• Project Gutenberg gutenberg.org

  Pioneering digital library of free, public domain literary, historical, and philosophical texts in electronic format.

• Europeana europeana.eu

  European digital cultural platform providing access to millions of digitized cultural heritage artworks, manuscripts, and books.

• American Historical Association Annual Meeting historians.org

  Largest annual gathering of historians in the United States covering all geographic regions and historical eras.

• Modern Language Association Annual Convention mla.org

  Premier annual academic convention in language, literature, and cultural studies bringing together scholars from around the world.

• American Philosophical Association Meetings apaonline.org

  Regular divisional academic conferences (Eastern, Central, Pacific) held by the primary professional association for philosophers.

• Digital Humanities Conference (ADHO) adho.org

  Annual international flagship conference organized by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations.

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu

  Peer-reviewed academic digital encyclopedia providing detailed, accessible scholarly articles on philosophy.

• Open Yale Courses: Humanities oyc.yale.edu

  Free access to full video lectures, syllabi, and readings from introductory Yale University courses in history, literature, and philosophy.

• MIT OpenCourseWare: History and Literature ocw.mit.edu

  Extensive repository of syllabi, lecture notes, and assignments from MIT courses in world history, philosophy, and cultural studies.

• CrashCourse Humanities thecrashcourse.com

  High-quality animated and live-action educational video series covering world history, literature, and philosophy.

• Everything I Know bfi.org

  Recordings and transcripts of a 1975 lecture series in which Buckminster Fuller surveyed his life's work on design, science and philosophy, published by his institute.

• American Historical Review academic.oup.com

  Official journal of record of the American Historical Association publishing field-shaping research across all historical eras.

• Critical Inquiry criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu

  Interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press devoted to critical theory in the arts and humanities.

• OpenEdition Journals openedition.org

  Comprehensive open-access academic publishing platform hosting hundreds of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.

• Digital Humanities Quarterly dhq.digitalhumanities.org

  Open-access peer-reviewed digital journal covering digital humanities scholarship, text analysis, and digital cultural heritage.

• Banished Words List lssu.edu

  Annual list compiled by Lake Superior State University naming overused or misused words and phrases, based on public nominations, of interest to writers and editors.

• Voyant Tools voyant-tools.org

  Web-based reading and analysis environment for digital texts, supporting text mining, frequency analysis, and corpus visualization.

• Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) tei-c.org

  International standard guidelines and software tools for encoding scholarly digital texts in XML.

• Omeka omeka.org

  Open-source web-publishing platform for digital humanities collections, scholarly exhibitions, and cultural heritage archives.

• Quanta Magazine quantamagazine.org

  Independent, editorially independent online publication covering fundamental research in physics, mathematics, and biological sciences.

• Phys.org phys.org

  Extensive scientific web news service providing daily coverage of research breakthroughs in physics, space, earth science, and chemistry.

• ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com

  Web portal providing aggregated news releases and research summaries from leading universities and research organizations.

• CERN Public Portal home.cern

  Official public science portal of CERN detailing particle physics research, the Large Hadron Collider, and open scientific initiatives.

• NASA Science nasa.gov

  Official website covering NASA research missions, planetary science, astrophysics, Earth science observations, and heliophysics.

• arXiv arxiv.org

  Curated open-access research repository containing millions of preprints in physics, astronomy, chemistry, and quantitative biology.

• NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

  Digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under a NASA grant.

• RCSB Protein Data Bank rcsb.org

  Global repository of experimentally determined 3D structures of biological macromolecules including proteins and nucleic acids.

• PubChem pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

  Open chemical database containing information on chemical structures, identifiers, properties, and biological activities.

• bioRxiv biorxiv.org

  Free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

• AAAS Annual Meeting meetings.aaas.org

  One of the world's most recognized interdisciplinary scientific conferences hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• APS Meetings aps.org

  Premier physics conferences organized by the American Physical Society, including the annual Global Physics Summit.

• ACS Meetings & Expositions acs.org

  Semiannual national gatherings organized by the American Chemical Society presenting scientific breakthroughs in chemistry.

• The Feynman Lectures on Physics feynmanlectures.caltech.edu

  Free online edition of the classic three-volume physics lectures delivered by Richard Feynman at the California Institute of Technology.

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Physics and Chemistry ocw.mit.edu

  Comprehensive university course materials featuring lecture videos, problem sets, and exams in classical mechanics, quantum physics, and chemistry.

• OpenStax Science Textbooks openstax.org

  Peer-reviewed, openly licensed introductory college textbooks in physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy.

• Khan Academy: Science khanacademy.org

  Structured foundational tutorials and practice modules covering high school and introductory college physics, chemistry, and biology.

• Nature nature.com

  Leading weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research across all branches of natural science and technology.

• Science science.org

  Peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science covering global scientific breakthroughs.

• Physical Review Letters journals.aps.org

  Flagship physics journal publishing brief, important letters on fundamental research across pure and applied physics.

• PLOS ONE journals.plos.org

  Peer-reviewed open-access multidisciplinary journal publishing sound scientific research across the natural and life sciences.

• PhET Interactive Simulations phet.colorado.edu

  Interactive research-based simulations for science and math education created by Nobel laureate Carl Wieman at the University of Colorado Boulder.

• SciPy scipy.org

  Fundamental Python library providing algorithms for scientific computing, optimization, integration, linear algebra, and signal processing.

• NCBI Web Tools ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

  Biomedical suite offering computational analysis tools such as BLAST for sequence similarity searching and gene mapping.

• RCSB Protein Data Bank 3D Viewer rcsb.org

  Interactive structure exploration and molecular modeling tools for 3D macromolecular structures of proteins and nucleic acids.

• SCOTUSblog scotusblog.com

  Comprehensive, independent legal journalism website offering reporting, analysis, and live updates on the Supreme Court of the United States.

• Edutopia edutopia.org

  Educational foundation website highlighting evidence-based learning strategies, teacher professional development, and K-12 innovations.

• Medscape medscape.com

  Leading online clinical destination providing physicians and healthcare professionals with medical news and clinical reference articles.

• The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com

  Major news publication covering higher education leadership, faculty governance, tenure policies, and university administration.

• ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrials.gov

  Comprehensive registry and results database of publicly and privately funded clinical studies conducted around the world.

• Legal Information Institute (LII) law.cornell.edu

  Nonprofit digital publishing service at Cornell Law School providing free access to the US Code, federal regulations, and Supreme Court opinions.

• Cochrane Library cochranelibrary.com

  Collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making and systematic reviews.

• American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting aera.net

  World's largest gathering of scholars in education research, presenting empirical findings across schooling, policy, and learning sciences.

• American Medical Association Annual Meeting ama-assn.org

  Principal annual policy-making and scientific meeting of the American Medical Association for physicians and medical students.

• American Bar Association Annual Meeting americanbar.org

  National annual gathering of legal professionals, judges, and legal educators discussing statutory reform and ethics.

• Medical Neuroscience (Duke University) coursera.org

  Rigorous online course taught by Dr. Leonard White covering foundational neuroscience taught in first-year medical school.

• A Law Student's Toolkit (Yale University) coursera.org

  Introductory course providing students with foundational legal concepts, statutory interpretation skills, and economic arguments.

• OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology openstax.org

  Peer-reviewed, openly licensed introductory college and pre-medical textbook in human anatomy and physiology.

• Open Syllabus opensyllabus.org

  Nonprofit research archive and analytics tool mapping teaching trends and curriculum materials across professional schools and universities.

• The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) nejm.org

  Prestigious peer-reviewed medical journal publishing pioneering original research, clinical reviews, and perspective articles.

• The Lancet thelancet.com

  World-leading independent general medical journal publishing high-impact global health clinical research.

• Harvard Law Review harvardlawreview.org

  Student-run legal journal publishing scholarly articles, student notes, and commentaries on legal theory and judicial opinions.

• Annual Review of Public Health annualreviews.org

  Open-access scientific journal providing annual synthesis reviews of significant developments in epidemiology and healthcare systems.

• Anki apps.ankiweb.net

  Powerful, intelligent spaced repetition flashcard software extensively utilized in medical and professional school curricula.

• UpToDate uptodate.com

  Evidence-based clinical decision support resource used by healthcare professionals worldwide for point-of-care medical decisions.

• Marginal Revolution marginalrevolution.com

  Widely read academic economics blog founded by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok analyzing market trends and social policies.

• SocArXiv socopen.org

  Open archive for the social sciences providing free access to working papers, preprints, and research repositories.

• SSRN Social Sciences ssrn.com

  Multidisciplinary online repository devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and working papers.

• Stanford Social Innovation Review ssir.org

  Award-winning magazine and digital platform informing cross-sector solutions to global socioeconomic problems.

• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) fred.stlouisfed.org

  Extensive online database of US and international economic time series maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

• World Bank Open Data data.worldbank.org

  Free, open-access repository of global development indicators and socioeconomic statistics from the World Bank.

• ICPSR icpsr.umich.edu

  World's largest archive of digital social science datasets, surveys, and polling studies maintained by the University of Michigan.

• IPUMS ipums.org

  Harmonized census and survey data from around the world integrated for social and economic research.

• Our World in Data ourworldindata.org

  Open-access scientific online publication featuring research and interactive data on global poverty, health, and population.

• Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting (ASSA) aeaweb.org

  Premier international conference in economics hosted each January by the American Economic Association and affiliated associations.

• American Sociological Association Annual Meeting asanet.org

  Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association bringing together thousands of sociology educators and researchers.

• American Political Science Association Annual Meeting apsanet.org

  World's largest gathering of political scientists, policy scholars, and international relations researchers.

• American Psychological Association Annual Convention convention.apa.org

  Global annual convention featuring psychological scientific sessions, clinical workshops, and mental health research.

• Marginal Revolution University mru.org

  Free online educational platform created by economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok offering video courses in micro and macroeconomics.

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Economics ocw.mit.edu

  Open educational materials, lecture videos, and problem sets from MIT undergraduate and graduate economics and political science courses.

• OpenStax Social Sciences openstax.org

  Peer-reviewed, openly licensed introductory college textbooks in psychology, sociology, political science, and economics.

• CrashCourse Social Sciences thecrashcourse.com

  Educational video series covering psychology, sociology, economics, and government produced by Complexly.

• American Economic Review aeaweb.org

  Flagship peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Economic Association covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, and applied policy.

• Annual Review of Sociology annualreviews.org

  Influential annual volume providing comprehensive, synthesis literature reviews of major developments in sociology.

• American Political Science Review cambridge.org

  Flagship scholarly research journal of the American Political Science Association published by Cambridge University Press.

• Annual Review of Psychology annualreviews.org

  Leading synthesis review journal covering key research trends in cognitive, clinical, developmental, and social psychology.

• JASP jasp-stats.org

  Free and open-source statistical program with an intuitive graphical interface supporting classical and Bayesian social science methods.

• Gephi gephi.org

  Open-source software for exploring and manipulating networks and graphs in sociological, political, and historical research.

• OpenRefine openrefine.org

  Powerful open-source tool for working with messy quantitative and qualitative datasets, cleaning data, and transforming formats.

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